Class Environment

Merriwether Middle School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 23 Down from 27
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 43.5 Down from 44.4
Teacher attendance rate 95.3 Down from 95.8
Average teacher salary $50,930 Up from $49,743
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 91.3 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 60.0 Down from 96
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 81.2 Down from 91.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 21.7 Up from 3.7
Prime instructional time 88.2 Down from 88.3
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 19.3 to 1 Down from 21.1 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 17.9 No change
Number of inexperienced teachers 5 No change
Percent of out-of-field teachers 25.0 Up from 14.3
Number of out-of-field teachers 7 Up from 4
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 0.0 No change
Number of inexperienced school leaders 0 No change

ESSA regulations require states to post on their report cards information about teachers with emergency or provisional credentials. South Carolina does not award emergency or provisional credentials, thus that metric is not listed.